Mrs. Rojas 2020-2021 Incredible News Blog

 Woohoo!!!! We have finished our state testing. We are now down to the last 15 school days. We are going to finish strong because we have worked so hard this year. We have May 31st coming up which is a holiday for everyone and Gator Games on June 1.  In reading, we will finish our class novel The Lemonade War . In our notebooks, we are taking notes on the vocabulary, doing predictions, and reviewing skills we have already covered. We are currently on chapter 6 and may start reading 2 chapters on some days, so that we finish before the end of the year. In math, we are reviewing geometry, time, measurement, and graphs. Science will consist of weathering, erosion, and deposition this week. Below you will find the agenda for the upcoming week. I would, also, like to give a "SHOUT OUT" to Sydney. She was one of the winners for the original book cover drawings. Congratulations again Sydney!!!!

Thank you for all of my awesome teacher appreciation gifts!! I even was treated to San Jose this week. I received a lot of my favorite snacks (popcorn, Werther's, and mini Chips Ahoy) as well as some gift cards to my favorite restaurants and stores. Thank you so much for everything!! Thank you for being so supportive as well. We are all one community and I wouldn't be able to do it without your support!! I hope what the kids take with them is always give their best, believe they can accomplish anything they desire!! Thanks for sharing your babies with me! Unfortunately, I didn't have the opportunity to see them today (though every week is Teacher Appreciation Week) because I had an emergency come up, but I will be back on Monday.  With testing coming up next week (the week of the 17th), we are going to be spending the next week just focusing on math and reading. So, no new notes in science and social studies until after the 19th. We are focusing on geometry, measurement, an

Last week was awesome!! I'm hoping we can keep the rain so that we can go outside and get some sun. This week, we are coming up on interim time (5/7). Please make sure to check with your child about any missing work. I am still putting late assignments into the gradebook, but please let me know if you have any questions. We just finished our unit on fractions, poetry, and figurative language. We will continue to review as we go through the rest of the quarter. This week, we are working on text structures, telling time (Chapter 12), and finishing our unit on Africa. We will be going into science weathering, erosion, and deposition next. Please remember the agenda is attached and the best place to make references to study is your child's notebooks. We are almost at the end of the year. June 11th will be the last day. We will have our SC Ready test on May 18-20 and Gator Games (which will look a little different this year) on June 1st. We're rolling the days in quick now!!! WE

 Well, I hope everyone has had the opportunity to relax and recharge this past week. We will come back in at 100 and then, Thursday and Friday will be asynchronous. My office hours will be from 9-11 on both days, in case there are questions. I will have the class on and they can pop in and ask questions. Some students took advantage of this last time. All asynchronous work is due by midnight Sunday. The following week we will begin MAP testing and then start reviewing and wrapping up for state testing. WE ARE READY for this and more. I believe they can and will as long as they take their time and read carefully. Sitting in class with them, I see and know what they can do. There are mistakes made and usually it's because they are not taking their time. This is shown when I go back and have them to sit with me, re-read the question, and redo their answer. And  BAMMMMMM, they get it right!! I remind them there are no redos on MAP or state testing. We will continue to work on slowing d

 Well, here's to another long weekend!!! I hope their asynchronous day went smoothly. I was in the Google Classroom during my office hours and a few of them reached out to me. Remember, Monday, March 29th, is the new Spring picture day. Students can bring a change of clothes so they can feel comfortable after taking their picture. Also, remember we are out Friday, April 1st in observance of Good Friday! Y'all, I can't believe Spring Break is already here. We will be out from April 1st-April 9th. We will return on April 12th. MAP testing will happen the following week. Are you ready for the countdown to summer?!  Have a great weekend and I can't wait to see their bright faces on Monday!!

 Well, we made it through another week!! We have a few more to go and Spring Break will be here before we realize it. We began the week with finishing up our book clubs and are finishing the week with our "College Day". You will see pics from both below. We were out Thursday and I'm glad the district thought of our safety first. Another good thing was we do not have to make up a day for being out, thanks to the virtual world. This week, we will have 2 asynchronous days, in which the students will stay home but log on to our Google Classroom and go through the Pathway to complete assignments. The 2 days are this Thursday and Friday, March 25th and March 26th. No new learning will occur on those days, but students will still be responsible for completing and turning in assignments to be graded. Students will log on at 9 and will be working virtually from home on both days on material that we have already covered. My office hours both days will be from 9-11 AM in case there